[513]. The close connection between δελφίς = Dolphin and δελφύς = uterus is emphasized. In Delphi there is the cavity in the earth and the Tripod δελφινίς = a delphic table with three feet in the form of a Dolphin. See in the last chapter Melicertes upon the Dolphin and the fiery sacrifice of Melkarth.
[514]. See the comprehensive collection of Jones. On the nightmare.
[515]. Riklin: “Wish Fulfilment and Symbolism in Fairy Tales.”
[516]. Laistner: “Das Rätsel der Sphinx.”
[517]. Freud: Jahrbuch, Vol. I, June: “Mental Conflicts in Children”: Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology.
[518]. “Epistola de ara ad Noviomagum reperta,” p. 25. Quoted by Grimm: “Mythology,” Vol. II.
[519]. Even to-day the country people drive off these nymphs (mother goddesses, Maira) by throwing a bone of the head of a horse upon the roof—bones of this kind can often be seen throughout the land on the farmhouses of the country people. By night, however, they are believed to ride at the time of the first sleep, and they are believed to tire out their horses by long journeys.
[520]. Grimm: Ibid., Vol. II, p. 1041.
[521]. Compare with that the horses whose tread causes springs to flow.
[522]. Compare Herrmann: “Nord. Myth.,” p. 64, and Fick: “Vergleich. Wörterb. d. indogerm. Sprache,” Vol. I.